Clinicopathological Characteristics of the primary and metastatic Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumors and the relevant Prognosis-Related Factors: A Retrospective Study of 81 Cases in a Single Chinese Center

A study was carried out to find out the retrospective incidence of uterine torsion in buffaloes among obstetrical cases in Amul milk shed area and factors influencing it. Data on 1,13,772 obstetrical cases attended from January 2017 to June 2018 by Amul Veterinarians were collected. Moreover, 50 buffaloes suffering from uterine torsion were taken up during July-December, 2018 to know the side, site, degree of uterine torsion, parity as well as sex and viability of the calf and the dam after detorsion/Caesarean section in the same area. In the retrospective study, a total of 2000 cases of uterine torsion were recorded among total 1,13,772 bovine obstetrical cases, which encompassed 1.76%. Of the 2000 cases, 92.20 (1844) percent torsions were found in buffaloes only. Among 57,111 obstetrical cases attended in buffaloes, the incidence of uterine torsion was 3.23%. Moreover, the region/center-wise incidence of torsion cases varied from 1.30–19.36%. The highest incidence of uterine torsion was found in Anand region (19.36 %) followed by Kathlal (11.23 %) and Mahemdabad (10.14 %) regions, while the lowest incidence was in Virpur (2.06%), Petlad (1.46%) and Piplata (1.30%). It was concluded that buffaloes mostly experience right side (100%), post-cervical (82%) uterine torsion of 270–360° (66%), at full term of gestation (70%)with lower survivability of the calves (30%), however, the survival rate of the dams post-treatment was 90%.

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Preoperative hypoxemia in patients with type A acute aortic dissection: a retrospective study on incidence, related factors and clinical significance

Journal of Thoracic Disease ◽

10.21037/jtd.2019.11.68 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. 5390-5397

Author(s):

Zijian Guo ◽

Yanwei Yang ◽

Mingming Zhao ◽

Bo Zhang ◽

Jiakai Lu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Retrospective Study ◽

Aortic Dissection ◽

Clinical Significance ◽

Acute Aortic Dissection ◽

Type A ◽

Related Factors

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Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors of Early-Onset Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

Cancer Control ◽

10.1177/1073274820986827 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 28 ◽

pp. 107327482098682

Author(s):

Min Shi ◽

Biao Zhou

Keyword(s):

Prognostic Factors ◽

Neuroendocrine Tumors ◽

Early Onset ◽

Older Patients ◽

Clinical Characteristics ◽

Clinicopathological Characteristics ◽

Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors ◽

Chi Square ◽

Younger Patients ◽

Significant Difference

Background: The incidence of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) has increased significantly. The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients under 50 years old. Methods: Patients with PNETs recorded in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 2004 to 2015 were analyzed. The clinical characteristics were analyzed by Chi-square test. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate overall survival (OS). Multivariate Cox proportional risk regression analysis was used to determine independent prognostic factors. Results: 2,303 patients included, of which 547 (23.8%) patients were younger than 50 years old. The number of younger patients has increased steadily, while the proportion in total PNETs decreased recently. Compared with older group, the proportion of the Black, grade I/II, and surgery were higher in early-onset PNETs. Liver was the most frequent metastatic site. There was no significant difference in the incidence of different metastatic sites between younger and older PNETs patients, while younger patients had better OS (P < 0.05). Grade, N stage, M stage, and surgery were independent prognostic factors for OS in early-onset PNETs. Conclusions: Younger patients have unique clinicopathological characteristics compared with older patients in PNETs. Better OS was observed in younger patients which might due to the higher proportion of well-differentiated tumor and surgery than older patients.

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Substance use characteristics, treatment completion rates and related factors of patients in Gaziantep AMATEM in 2019; a retrospective study

Journal of Substance Use ◽

10.1080/14659891.2021.1912202 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Bahadir Demir ◽

Şengül Kocamer Şahin ◽

Gülcin Elboga ◽

Abdurrahman Altindag ◽

Ahmet Unal

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Retrospective Study ◽

Treatment Completion ◽

Completion Rates ◽

Related Factors

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Role of Removed Lymph Nodes on the Prognosis of M0 Small-Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors: a Propensity Score Matching Analysis from SEER Database

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery ◽

10.1007/s11605-021-04994-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jie-bin Xie ◽

Yue-shan Pang ◽

Xun Li ◽

Xiao-ting Wu

Keyword(s):

Small Bowel ◽

Propensity Score ◽

Lymph Nodes ◽

Propensity Score Matching ◽

Neuroendocrine Tumors ◽

Prognostic Value ◽

Radical Resection ◽

Clinicopathological Characteristics ◽

Seer Database ◽

Resection Group

Abstract Background Current studies on the number of removed lymph nodes (LNs) and their prognostic value in small-bowel neuroendocrine tumors (SBNETs) are limited. This study aimed to clarify the prognostic value of removed LNs for SBNETs. Methods SBNET patients without distant metastasis from 2004 to 2017 in the SEER database were included. The optimal cutoff values of examined LNs (ELNs) and negative LNs (NLNs) were calculated by the X-tile software. Propensity score matching (PSM) was done to match patients 1:1 on clinicopathological characteristics between the two groups. The Kaplan-Meier method with log-rank test and multivariable Cox proportional-hazards regression model were used to evaluate the prognostic effect of removed LNs. Results The cutoff values of 14 for ELNs and 9 for NLNs could well distinguish patients with different prognoses. After 1:1 PSM, the differences in clinicopathological characteristics between the two groups were significantly reduced (all P > 0.05). Removal of more than one LN significantly improved the prognosis of the patients (P < 0.001). The number of lymphatic metastasis in the sufficiently radical resection group (SRR, 3.74 ± 3.278, ELN > 14 and NLN > 9) was significantly more than that in the insufficiently radical resection group (ISRR, 2.72 ± 3.19, ELN < 14 or NLN < 9). The 10-year overall survival (OS) of the SRR was significantly better than that of the ISRR (HR = 1.65, P = 0.001, 95% CI: 1.24–2.19). Conclusion Both ELNs and NLNs can well predict the OS of patients. Systematic removal of more than 14 LNs and more than 9 NLNs can increase the OS of SBNET patients.

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